Legal Opinion
Smith v. Sullivan
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 11, 2012PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Paul I. Makx, J.
These two Election Law proceedings were commenced simultaneously, or nearly so, by Richard J. Smith1 and Roseanne Sullivan,2 the candidates in the special election3 for the office of county legislator in the 18th District of Orange County, each of whom presented an order to show cause to me for signature on November 19, 2012. In essence, each candidate seeks the disqualification and nullification of certain ballots cast, but not yet counted, in the election held on November 6, 2012, for that office. In addition, because of unusual circumstances surrounding…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gross v. Albany County Board of ElectionsNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
- MATTER OF KRUEGER v. RichardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- MTR. OF DELGADO v. SunderlandNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
- Stewart v. Chautauqua County Board of ElectionsNew York Court of Appeals · 2010
- Sheils v. FlynnNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Teets v. BelcherNew York Supreme Court · 2013